And a lot of the recommended remedies could kill. For instance a common remedy in Roman times involved a lot of mercury and other heavy metals.
As for the legends, I would also suspect traveler's tales that grew in the telling. Some trader came to Madagascar, saw a komodo dragon, and brought home a story of a huge lizard. After the fifth or tenth or 100th transmission of the tale, the animal grew in size and ferocity. On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 2:59 PM, Eric Roberts <[email protected]> wrote: > > They also had an amazing knowledge of herbs and their medicinal uses...some > of which we are just now rediscovering. The difference between that and > something like evolution or the big bang is that you are delving into > theoretical science where you don't always have complete physical evidence. > In their case, they didn't know what fossils really were, so they didn't put > it together that there were other creatures that came before them. Legends > of dragons and other fantasy critters probably arose out of ancient man > finding a dinosaur fossil. So while they may have excelled in sciences that > they were able to reproduce and physically see and experience, anything that > wasn't apparent, they may not have had a grasp on. > > Eric > > -----Original Message----- > From: Casey Dougall [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, April 09, 2010 1:34 PM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: FW: Evolution, Big Bang Polls Omitted From NSF Report > > > On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 1:45 PM, Eric Roberts < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> >> I personally never saw the conflict. Ancient man didn't know what we know >> about biology and other sciences. > > > But they could build pyramids and track stars with amazing levels of > accuracy, and yet, we still don't know how they did it. > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:315469 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
